The Red Army and Old Trafford
Comments (0) Home games Manchester United tickets allows one the chance to see one of the most popular and dynamic football clubs in Europe play live, but also enables to ticket buyer to experience the unique atmosphere that permeates Old Trafford, also named the Field of Dreams, and to witness the excitement that is the Red Army.
Manchester United tickets have been sold for home games at Old Trafford since 1910, apart from the 8 years it took to rebuild after it was bombed in WWII.
The name Field of Dreams was bestowed upon the stadium by Bobby Charlton, one of the Club’s best known players.
Sir Robert “Bobby” Charlton was famous for his attacking instincts from midfield and his ferocious long-range shot, and won the FIFA World Cup” World Cup and was named the “Ballon d’Or” European Footballer of the Year in 1966.
Able to seat over 76,000 Manchester United ticket buying supporters, Old Trafford is the second-largest football stadiums in England and it is one of the two stadia in England to have been given a “UEFA elite stadium” five-star rating by UEFA.
As a neutral venue, Old Trafford has hosted many FA Cup semi-final matches and a number of “English national football team” England international fixtures.
During the “1966 FIFA World Cup” and “UEFA Euro 1996″ and the “2003 UEFA Champions League Final” matches were also played at Old Trafford.
Stands, officially known as the North, East, South and West Stand surround the pitch at Old Trafford.
Three out of the four stands have at least two tiers, except the South stand which has just a single tier.
The lower tier of each stand is split into Lower and Upper sections, the Lower sections having been converted from standing room only terraces in the early 1990s.
The best-known stand at Old Trafford is the West Stand, more famously, or infamously known as the Stretford End.
Originally designed to hold 20,000 fans, the Stretford End was the last remaining where fans watched the game on their feet at the ground before the forced upgrade to seating in the early 1990s.
Stretford End is home to Manchester United’s most die-hard supporters, known as The Red Army.
Most of the noise and atmosphere at Old Trafford emanates from Stretford End, and once the roar from the Red Army there was measured as louder than that of a jumbo jet lifting off.
There is practically no chance for anyone new to get a set in the Stretford End as the fans that fill this stand resubscribe to their Manchester United season tickets every year.
Manchester United’s fan’s, better known as the Red Army was once the biggest and most notorious group of followers British football has ever seen.
When the army of Manchester United fans followed their team to an away game, the town would get turned upside down: Huge numbers of the Red Army would travel en-mass by train, coach, car or even by foot if necessary to get to the game.
In “1974–75 in English football” the mid-seventies when Manchester United had been sent down from the top flight of English football and played a single season in the “Football League Second Division” Second Division, the Red Army caused so much trouble at football grounds around the country visiting other team’s stadiums and often outnumbering home fans, it led to the introduction of home and away fan segregation and fencing at football grounds throughout England.
These days, the Red Army is nothing like it was in the 1970’s & 80’s.
This Manchester United supporters club, now has a fan base of over 300 million fans across the world.
The vast numbers of Manchester United fans, all of whom would like to visit the Field of Dreams, both to see the game and to experience the atmosphere there, result in it almost always being difficult to buy Manchester United Tickets.
